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No. 19 All-Time Wins • 36th All-Time Winning Percentage • 2 National Titles • 26 Conference Titles • 21 NCAA Tournaments • 30 Postseason Invitations 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 40 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 96 All-Conference Citations 2004-05 COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 23 — BYU @ San Diego State BYU PLAYS AT SDSU MONDAY 2004-05 BYU SCHEDULE / RESULTS BYU (8-14, 2-5 MWC) will face San Diego State (9-11, 3-4 MWC) Monday at 7 p.m. PST (8 p.m. MST) at Cox Arena in San Diego. The game is a SportsWest telecast aired in Utah on UPN-Z24 and is available NOVEMBER nationally via ESPN FULL COURT. The radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio 1160 (KSL.com). 5 (Fri.) BYU-Hawaii (exhibition) 85-70 W UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS 12 (Fri.) Calgary (exhibition) 86-52 W 22-24 EA Sports Maui Invitational in Maui,Hawaii The Cougars return home for two games when they match up against Wyoming and Colorado State. The 22 (Mon.) vs. North Carolina (ESPN2) 50-86 L Cougars and Cowboys will meet Saturday Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. while tip-off for BYU-CSU is set for Monday Feb. 23 (Tue.) vs. Stanford 53-62 L 14 at 8 p.m. Both games will be televised by SportsWest Productions. 24 (Wed.) vs. Chaminade 77-56 W 27 (Sat.) California (Comcast) 64-67 L COUGAR QUICK HITS • BYU (8-14, 2-5 MWC) is 5-6 at home, 2-5 away and 1-3 on a neutral floor. BYU’s non-league schedule DECEMBER this season included four Pac-10 opponents and two ACC teams. The Cougars have faced three top-25 1 (Wed.) @ Utah State (KJZZ) 57-71 L teams this season (North Carolina, North Carolina State, Utah). 4 (Sat.) @ USC (Fox Sports Net 2) 82-87 L • Seven of BYU’s losses have been single-digit setbacks, including five by five points or less and four defeats 8 (Wed.) Boise State (KBCI-TV) 90-77 W of three-points or less. All eight BYU wins have been double-digit victories. 11 (Sat.) vs. Wash. St. @ Delta Center 46-49 L • BYU coach Steve Cleveland will pass Frank Arnold (1975-83) and move into fourth place on BYU’s all- 18 (Sat.) Utah State (SWP) 62-84 L time victory list with a win at San Diego State Monday. He tied Arnold Saturday with the victory at UNLV. 21 (Tue.) North Carolina St (SWP,FSNS) 61-72 L • BYU coach Steve Cleveland has utilized 15 different starting lineups this season while dealing with 23 (Thu.) @ Weber State 79-61 W injuries and inconsistent play from an inexperienced roster. He has used the same lineup the last three 28 (Tue.) Southern Utah 77-52 W games -- the first time this year the same five players have started three consecutive games. 31 (Fri.) Santa Clara 87-74 W • The 10 BYU players averaging double-digit minutes this season include six sophomores, three seniors and one freshman. Only three players – seniors Mike Hall and Jared Jensen and sophomore Garner JANUARY Meads – averaged more than 10 minutes during a prior season as a Cougar. Of BYU’s freshmen top-20 4 (Tue.) @ Saint Mary’s (Comcast) 51-72 L signing class, only F/C Chris Miles is currently playing as David Burgess (ankles) and Trent Plaisted (knees) 8 (Sat.) *San Diego State (SWP-KSL) 57-59 L are out while top guard prospect and Arizona Player of the Year Lee Cummard has not been with the team 11 (Tue.) Montana State-Billings 110-70 W this year after opting to serve an LDS Church mission. After returning early, he will join BYU next season. 15 (Sat.) *@ Colorado State (ESPN+) 67-74 L • Senior guard Mike Hall leads BYU in scoring at 13.4 ppg. Sophomore point guard Austin Ainge con- 17 (Mon.) *@ Wyoming (ESPN) 71-83 L tributes 9.8 ppg while sophomore guard Mike Rose adds 9.4 ppg. Ainge leads BYU with 4.1 assists (3rd in 22 (Sat.) *Air Force (ABC) 49-52 L MWC; 5.4 apg in league games tops MWC). Sophomore transfer Keena Young pulls down a team-best 5.8 24 (Mon.) *New Mexico (SWP-UPN) 68-53 W rebounds with sophomore center Derek Dawes adding 5.0 rpg. 31 (Mon.) *Utah (ESPN) 58-72 L • BYU shoots .428 from the floor, .362 from three and .743 (No. 1 MWC, 26th nationally) from the line while averaging 68.1 ppg. BYU opponents have shot .429 (FG) and .340 (3FG) while scoring 68.4 ppg. BYU FEBRUARY is dead even with its opponents in rebounding over the first 22 games, each pulling down 35.3 rpg. 5 (Sat.) *@ UNLV (ESPN+) 82-72 (OT) W 7 (Mon.) *@ San Diego State (SWP-UPN) 7 p.m. BYU GAME #23 FAST FACTS 12 (Sat.) *Wyoming (SWP-KSL) 7 p.m. 14 (Mon.) *Colorado State (SWP-UPN) 8 p.m. BYU COUGARS (8-14, 2-5 MWC) at SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (9-11, 3-4 MWC) 19 (Sat.) *@ New Mexico (SWP-KSL) 7 p.m. MONDAY, FEB. 7, 2005 COX ARENA (12,414) 21 (Mon.) *@ Air Force (SWP-UPN) 7 p.m. SAN DIEGO 7 p.m. PST (8 p.m. MST) 26 (Sat.) *@ Utah (ESPN+) 1 p.m. Coaches: .BYU, Steve Cleveland (137-101 in eighth season; same overall) MARCH . .SDSU, Steve Fisher (79-90 in sixth season; 263-172 in 14th season overall) 5 (Sat.) *UNLV (SWP-KSL) 7 p.m. Series: . .BYU leads, 38-17 (SDSU defeated the Cougars in the Cougars in the Marriott Center earlier this year) 10-12 @ MWC Tournament, Denver (ESPN, ERT) TV: . .SportsWest (UPN KPNZ-24 in Salt Lake City, Cox 4 in San Diego and available nationally via ESPN FULL -------------- COURT) Times are local to site and subject to change Radio: . .KSL 1160, BYU Sports Network (Greg Wrubell calls play-by-play with Brian Santiago adding commentary) Web: . .Live audio and live stats are available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ (see upcoming schedule) BYU’S PROJECTED STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Keena Young 6-6 205 So. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 7.3 5.8 Has scored in double figures in the last five outings C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 265 So. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS 5.4 5.0 Earned MWC Player of the Week honors last Monday G/F 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 So. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 6.5 1.6 Averaging 18.0 ppg over the last two outings G/F 1 Mike Hall 6-3 205 Sr. San Bernardino, CA / Dixie State College 13.4 3.9 Top returning scorer; 2004 MWC Defender of the Year G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 So. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 9.8 2.9 Averaging 17.0 ppg last two games; 4.1 apg No. 3 in MWC BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 185 So. Houston, TX/Spring Woods HS 9.4 1.8 Leads team with 49 three-pointers and .419 3-FG % F 4 Joshua Burgess 6-8 230 Jr. Irvine, CA / Irvine Valley College 1.0 0.7 Has seen late action in three games, last vs. Utah G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Sr. Vancouver, WA / Evergreen HS 2.1 1.4 Senior captain adds 1.7 assists per game G 12 Brock Reichner 6-4 205 Jr. Provo, UT / Salt Lake Community College 1.0 0.6 Walkon transfer has appeared in six games this year G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 So. Alpine, UT / Snow College 2.0 0.9 Has seen action at both guard positions F 41 Garner Meads 6-8 225 So. Salt Lake City, UT / Brighton HS 4.4 4.3 Has missed five games due to injury, has nine starts F/C 52 Jared Jensen 6-9 250 Sr. West Haven, UT / Fremont HS 8.6 4.1 Leads BYU in FG% at .566; has 18 starts this year F/C 54 Chris Miles 6-11 235 Fr. Provo, UT / Timpview HS 2.5 2.2 Freshman has played in 20 of 22 games www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2004-05 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT SDSU BYU SERIES RECORD VS. The Aztecs are currently 9-11 on the season, including a 3-4 mark in the MWC. SDSU has lost its last three games after starting league play 3-1, including road wins at BYU and at UNLV. The SAN DIEGO STATE Aztecs are 6-6 at home this year, including a 1-2 home mark in conference play (win was over CSU; suffered overtime loss to Wyoming and a 20-point setback to No. 21 Utah Saturday). San Overall Series Record: BYU leads 38-17 BYU Record in Provo: 23-3 Diego State returns nine letterwinners and four starters from last season’s 14-16 team that fin- BYU Record in San Diego: 15-13 ished tied for fifth in the Mountain West Conference with a 5-9 record. Sophomore guard BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-1 Brandon Heath (6-4) and sophomore forward Marcus Slaughter (6-8), both All-MWC Honorable BYU Record under Steve Cleveland: 11-4 Mention recipients in 2004, lead the team in scoring with identical 17.6 points per game aver- BYU Record in Overtime Games: 3-2 (1-1 Rd, 2-1 Hm) Last Overtime Game: 2004, BYU won in Provo, 83-69 ages.